Romantic Poetry Assignment Due 02/05

Romantic Poetry Assignment Due 02/05 4:16 pm

THIS SUMMATIVE IS DIVIDED INTO 2 PARTS—

20%: Poem with annotations

80%: T-chart with poetry focus statement, evidence & devices, and analysis

 

Please follow these instructions:

 

STEP 1- You will select a Romantic poem from these options:

• Lord Byron “Apostrophe to the Ocean”
• John Keats “To Autumn”
• William Wordsworth “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”
• Percy Bysshe Shelley “Ode to the West Wind

STEP 2- 1 typed double-spaced copy of the poem with lines numbered and include annotations for rhyme, sound devices, all literary devices, structure, and elements of Romanticism.  NO METER (stress, unstressed). These links will be helpful:

http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072405228/student_view0/poetic_glossary.html          http://literary-devices.com/   

Use The Close Reading Hand-out in the Drive Folder to help with annotations and follow instructions EXPLICITLY.  To Download click: All Assignment Hand-outs   this includes: sample paper (w/ thesis and 2 of 6 needed literary devices), T-Charts (word and Pdf), Close reading instructions for poetry, and poetry selections (without line numbers - you need to do this every five lines. Yes, there is a video for adding line numbers to Word or Google Docs in the folder as well ).     

STEP 3- Complete a poetry focus statement for your poem (title, author, tones, narrative situation, theme). This focus statement/thesis will go at the top of your T-chart. Yes, you may bring it to me to review in tutoring.

 

STEP 4- Based on your focus statement, find the SIX best examples from step 2 to support your focus statement with a T-chart (device to meaning). The left side of your T-chart will have your concrete details/evidence (put the device in parenthesis like this). The right side of your T-chart will have your commentary/analysis.